Olive Ruth GordonLong time Kodiak resident Olive Ruth Gordon died Dec. 18, 2014 in Portland, Oregon, at age 87. Born Olive Ruth Fleener on March 2, 1927. Married to William Bryce Gordon on July 4, 1946. Ruth and Bryce moved to Kodiak in 1978 and lived here for approximately 22 years. She lived her last few years in Alsea, Oregon, with husband Bryce and her son Fred. Bryce passed away in 2004. Ruth had a lively, youthful, and gener...

Public Safety Blotter: Dec. 31Dec. 18 At 12:05 a.m., a caller requested a subject removal on Kashevaroff Avenue. The person left when police asked. At 12:31 a.m., police conducted a bar check downtown. At 12:34 a.m., police cited a man on Marine Way for criminal trespass. At 12:50 a.m., police arrested a man on Marine Way for a warrant for failing to report to jail. At 1:28 a.m., police warned a driver in the Hemlock and Willow streets area fo...

Kodiak boys take on 3A classKodiak’s boys basketball team will be ringing in the new year on the hardwood. The Bears play at 5:30 p.m. Thursday against Bethel at the Lime Solar/Pepsi Invitational at Anchorage Christian High School. Kodiak is the only 4A school in the eight-team tournament that concludes Saturday. The rest of the field is made up of six 3A schools — Sitka, Kotzebue, Valdez, Barrow and ACS — and 2A Point Hope. “We hope we can ...

Drugs intercepted at Kodiak air charter Alaska State Troopers have confiscated a package containing illegal drugs at a Kodiak-based air charter company. The drugs have been disguised to look like mail, law enforcement officials said. The troopers originally received a report of a suspicious package at a local air charter around 2 p.m. on Dec. 17, officials said. Troopers said the package was on its way to one of the villages and a suspect in the case ha...

Public Safety Blotter: Dec. 30Dec. 17 Around 12:31 a.m., police conducted two bar checks downtown. At 1:17 a.m., police cited a man on Marine Way for having an open container. At 1:50 a.m., police cited a driver on Mill Bay Road for having no proof of insurance. At 2:57 a.m., police warned a driver on Rezanof Drive West for having an obscured license plate. At 3:17 a.m., police cited a driver on Thorsheim Street for having no proof of insuranc...

Kodiak smashes rainfall recordCraig Eckert, station manager of the National Weather Service in Kodiak, uttered the perfect description regarding the island’s recent storm. “It is rainphoon,” he said Monday afternoon. Rainphoon, indeed. Kodiak smashed a 36-year-old rainfall record for Dec. 28 with 3.03 inches of precipitation, making it the third-wettest single December day in Kodiak history, according to Eckert. The previous record for Dec. 28...

Alumni update: Horn competes during the breakMost of Kodiak High School graduates competing in college were off during Christmas break, except for Adriane Horn. The Wenatchee Valley (Washington) freshman played against Mt. Hood (Oregon) in Sunday in the Chemeketa Holiday Tournament. Horn netted four points, five rebounds, two steals and two assists in an 82-69 victory. The 2014 KHS graduate sank two of her seven shots from the field during her 22 minutes on ...

Outdoor Kodiak: Ringing in the new yearEach of us celebrates the New Year in our own way, just as it’s significance is different from one person to the next. For me, it’s all about that word “New.” Sure I reflect on the year just passing and the lessons learned, but that is the foundation for my approach to a new year. I’m not looking for life altering resolutions, however. I’m intent on applying the lessons learned and finding new things to do and new...

KPD closes Chiniak Highway, Roslyn Bridge washed out Kodiak’s Chiniak Highway is closed after heavy rain washed out the road near Roslyn Bridge on Monday, the Kodiak Police Department said. In a Nixle advisory, KPD said its Emergency Operation Center is monitoring the areas affected by rainfall. Craig Eckert, station manager of the National Weather Service in Kodiak, said the island smashed a 36-year-old rainfall record for Dec. 28 with 3.03 inches of precipitation,...